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Claude Shannahan left Samoa for New Caledonia and from there shipped out to Tulagi aboard the USS Little (APD-4), an...

Lisle Neher took part in all five of the fire bomb mission. On those missions they would fly between 300 feet and 700...

They found out the Japanese operation was going to take place at Midway. Nimitz had to get his aircraft carriers back...

Gene Alair did not find Navy life difficult. He really enjoyed it. After recieving his commission, he was assigned to...

Willie Roy Hebert had no trouble adjusting to civilian life. He was in the ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer...

Cecil Ezell McLain was aboard the battleship [Annotator's Note: USS Tennessee (BB-43)] when it bombarded and took Kiska...

While on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], Gerry Jones was called over the radio to search for some Japanese...

James L. Wheeler was born in Los Angeles, California, in February 1926. His father was a dairy man, and his mother was...

Claude Bufford Shaw grew up around Carson Lake [Annotator's Note: Carson Lake, Arkansas] until he was about 11 years...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear ringing from interviewee’s hearing aid throughout segment.] George N. Boutwell’s most...

Frank George Memory worked mainly with the officers [Annotator’s Note: Memory was assistant navigator aboard the USS...

After the war, Peter Paret attended King's College in London, England for graduate studies under Dr. Michael Howard,...

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